TEMECULA PUBLIC LIBRARY- Ramona: The Shaping of Southern California

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Join Temecula Valley Museum staff member Steve Williamson as
he shares his unique perspective on Helen Hunt Jackson’s Ramona and its impact on the development of Southern
California.He'll explain
how fateful visits to Temecula inspired the author to write her now
famous novel and to bring awareness to the plight of the native people of this
country. The novel’s release along with the development of the
trans-continental railroad created a new phenomenon called “tourism” which
prompted people from all across the country to visit California. Enterprising
individuals tried to recreate “authentic” Spanish settings as described in
Jackson’s book and soon the line between fact and fiction became blurred.Explore with us the history behind Ramona as well as the history that it
created.